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faÌ„m (ש××, sheÌ„m, ש×מע, sheÌ„ma‛; ἀκοηÌ, akoeÌ„Ì, φηÌμη, pheÌ„ÌmeÌ„): “Fame†has the twofold meaning, (1) of report or rumor, (2) of renown or reputation (in the Old Testament it is not always easy to distinguish the two senses). “Fame,†sheÌ„ma‛, “fame,†“rumor,†“reports†(; , the Revised Version (British and American) “rumorâ€) probably means “reportâ€; but in ; ; , it is most probably “renown,†or “reputationâ€; shemū‛aÌ„h (; ) may have either meaning; shoÌ„ma‛ (; ; ) seems to mean “fame†in the sense of reputation; but in (as the American Standard Revised Version) “reportâ€; sheÌ„m, “name,†has the sense of reputation (; ; ; , the Revised Version (British and American) “nameâ€); kÌ£oÌ„l, “voice,†is report (, the American Standard Revised Version “reportâ€). In the New Testament akoeÌ„, “hearing,†is “report,†so the Revised Version (British and American) (; ; ); pheÌ„meÌ„, “word,†“rumor,†is report, fame in this sense (; ); eÌ„Ìchos, “a sound,†“noise†(, the Revised Version (British and American) “rumorâ€), and loÌgos, “word†(, the Revised Version (British and American) “reportâ€) have the same meaning; diapheÌ„mıÌzoÌ„, “to say throughout,†“to report publicly†(, “they ... spread abroad his fameâ€), seems to imply fame in the sense of reputation.
In 1 Macc 3:26, we have “fame†in the sense of reputation, “His fame (oÌnoma, the Revised Version (British and American) “nameâ€) came near even to the kingâ€; so 3:41, “heard the fame of them.â€
ERV has “fame†for “report†(shēma‛̇), .